Tata Célestine has improved her coffee yields by adopting sustainable practices and diversified her income by farming cassava.
Tag Archives: women empowerment
Redefining Roles in Cocoa Farming
This year’s pruning season under the Nestlé Income Accelerator Program in Ghana is seeing something new: women stepping into roles traditionally held by men.
EmpowHER
Project Duration: September 2024 – October 2027Country: Côte d’IvoireKey Objective: Enable households in cocoa-growing communities to generate more income and improve children’s well-being through Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs). Background Côte d’Ivoire is the world’s largest cocoa and cashew producer and the third-largest coffee producer in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite this, smallholder farmers remain vulnerable due toContinue reading “EmpowHER”
A Digital Leap for Rural Finance
The cocoa sector is addressing child labour through sustainability programs designed to help households achieve a living income—the net annual income necessary for a household to afford a decent standard of living. Families living below this benchmark often face difficult choices, relying on children for agricultural work and household chores instead of sending them toContinue reading “A Digital Leap for Rural Finance”
Building Financial Resilience in Togo
The combined power of individualised coaching and Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) are reshaping farming practices, empowering communities, and improving livelihoods
Increasing Cocoa Yields in Ghana
The combined power of individualised coaching and Village Savings and Loan Associations (VSLAs) are reshaping farming practices, empowering communities, and improving livelihoods
Turning Rural Women into Entrepreneurs
Loans from Village Saving and Loan Associations can be used to fund ventures in farming or other businesses, or to finance school fees — all with the aim of diversifying the incomes of women.
Challenging Gender Norms
VSLAs are helping to give women financial autonomy and self-sufficiency through trainings in business and household planning.
Midjo: Economic Justice for Coffee Farming Women and Preventing Child Labour in Togo
Midjo supports 1,500 cocoa and coffee farmers in Togo, aiming to improve their livelihoods, prevent child labour through addressing some underlying drivers of poverty, empower women in coffee production and increase income diversification.
Cocoa Fruit Lab
Country: Côte d’IvoireKey Objective: Generating additional sources of income for cocoa-growing communities and minimising waste. Our cocoa juice project is working to turn the juice from the cocoa fruit into a commercially viable product that can help rural farming communities generate an additional income stream. The project is already raising farmers’ incomes by 10%, with potentialContinue reading “Cocoa Fruit Lab”